Perhaps this show-and-no-tell is Usher lying to us to
re-energize his career. Perhaps it's something more diabolical, a
smoke-and-mirrors exploitation to dupe those who care too much about his
personal life into buying music that barely mentions it. Either way,
he's too occupied to explain: Raymond mostly explores its hero's status
as a gay divorcé (no homo, as far as we can tell).